# Odisha State Museum Plates of Narendradhavala year 189 Amandine Wattelier-Bricout Author of digital edition: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout Contributor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout Identifier: DHARMA_INSNalodbhava00002 Repository: Nalodbhava (tfb-nalodbhava-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INSNalodbhava00002.xml Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-09-09 14:23 (f747949), last modified 2026-09-09 14:23 (f747949) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ siddham svasti śrī-bhīmapurādgavataś carācara-gur¿u?⟨oḥ⟩ śaśā⟨2⟩ṅkārddha-śekhara-dhara⟨sya⟩ sthity-utpatti-pralaya-kāraṇa-hetoḥ śrī⟨3⟩ya¿ta?⟨ma⟩liṅgeśvara-bhaṭṭārakasya śikhara-nivāsinaś ca⟨4⟩raṇa-kamalārādhana-vyāpta{sya}-puṇya-nicayasya śa⟨5⟩kti-traya-prakarśānurañjitāśe¿ya?⟨ṣa⟩-sāmanta-cakrasya ⟨6⟩ bhuja-¡v!⟨b⟩alākrānta-sakala-khiḍḍiraśṛṅga-maṇḍalādhi⟨7⟩pateḥ parama-māheśvaro mātā-pitṛ-pādānudhyā⟨Page 2r⟩⟨8⟩t¿o?⟨aḥ⟩ parama-bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩ārako mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-śrī-pṛ⟨9⟩tvībhañjasya naptā śrī-ripudhavala-sutaḥ parama-māheśvaro⟨10⟩nala-vaṁśodbhava-kula-tilaka-mahārāja-śrī-narendradhavala⟨11⟩-devaḥ kuśalī heṭṭāpatha-viṣaye{|} sāmanta-sāma¡t!⟨v⟩ā ji⟨12⟩nivāsi-janapadān samādiśati sarvvataḥ śivam a⟨13⟩s⟨m⟩ākam anyaT| viditam astu bhavatāṁ śaucapura-grāmo ’yaṁ ⟨14⟩ catuḥsīmā-paryantaḥ sa-jala-sthala⟨ḥ⟩ sa-padrāraṇya-sah¿a?⟨i⟩taḥ par¿ī?⟨ā⟩⟨15⟩śara-gotrāya pañcā¿riṣa?⟨rṣe⟩ya-pravarāya vājas¿e?⟨a⟩na-ca⟨raṇāya⟩ ⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨16⟩ hastipada-vinirgatāya bhīmapura-vāstuvyāya bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩aputra⟨17⟩¡v!⟨b⟩aladeva-naptre{|} Uḍḍha-sutāya bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩aputra-śrī-gabhiṭṭa sa⟨18⟩lila-dhārā-puraḥ sareṇa candrārka-vāyu-sthi¿to?⟨tyā⟩ grāmo ’yaṁ pratipādi⟨19⟩to ’smābhi⟨ḥ⟩ yato bhavadbhir yadā kālā¿tta?⟨nta⟩re brā⟨hma⟩ṇa-puro⟨20⟩hita-mahādevī-mahāsāmanta-śrī-sāmanta-pratī¿dā?⟨hā⟩ra rājaka-rāja⟨21⟩putra-¡v!⟨b⟩ahir-antaraṅgādīnāṁ na ¿ka?⟨kai⟩ścid uparodhād dharmma-gauravā⟨22⟩n na kenāpi ¡v!⟨b⟩ādhā karaṇīyā ¿tanta?⟨tathā ca⟩ śāsanatayā paṭhyate māna⟨23⟩vīye dharmaśāstre| Anuṣṭubh ¡v!⟨b⟩ahubhir vasudhā dattā {rājabhir va⟨Page 3r⟩⟨24⟩ttā} rājabhis sagarādibhi¡r!⟨ḥ⟩ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tas¿ā?⟨ya⟩ tasya tadā ⟨25⟩ phala⟨m⟩ Anuṣṭubh saṣṭir varṣa–sahasrāṇi svarge modati bhūmidaḥ ⟨Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca⟩ ⟨tāny eva narake vaset⟩ Anuṣṭubh mā bhūd a-pha⟨26⟩la-śaṅkā vaḥ para-datteti pārthivāḥ sva-dānāt phalam ānantyam para-¿dā?⟨dattā⟩⟨27⟩nupālane Anuṣṭubh harate hārayate bhūmiṁ manda-¡v!⟨b⟩uddhis tam¿a?⟨o⟩-vr̥taḥ sa ⟨28⟩ ¡v!⟨b⟩addho vāruṇaiḥ pāśais tiryag-yoniṣu jāyate Anuṣṭubh sva-dattāṁ ⟨29⟩ para-dattāṁ vā yo hareta vasundharā⟨m⟩ sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā pitr̥bhiḥ ⟨30⟩ saha pacyate Puṣpitāgrā Iti kamala-dalām¡v!⟨b⟩u-¡v!⟨b⟩¿a?⟨i⟩ndu-l¿ā?⟨o⟩lāṁ śriyam anuci⟨31⟩ntya manuṣya-jīvitaṁ ⟨ca⟩ sakalam idam udāhr̥taṁ ca ¡v!⟨b⟩uddh¿y?⟨v⟩ā na hi pu⟨Page 3v⟩⟨32⟩ru¿v?⟨ṣ⟩aiḥ para-kīrtayo vilopyāḥ samvat 100 80 9 ⟨33⟩ phālguna vadi 12 likhitam idaṁ tāmra-śasanaṁ sāndhi⟨34⟩vigrahi-vādhyalakeneti ## Commentary Bibliographical references : Iyer Tripathy EI41 1975-76 p 148-153 ARIE 1974-1975 CP14 Pal n°117 OSM CP68. Introductory porrtion agrees with INSNalodbhava00001 Informations collected from EI41. Place of discovery : somewhere in the Aska division in Ganjam District in Orissa. Place of presevervation : Odisha State Museum, accession number CP68. Seal : a crescent moon at the top and a standing boar below, no legend. Total 34 lines of writing. Script : kaliṅga alphabet of about the 11th century A.D. comparable with INSNalodbhava00001 and INSNalodbhava00003, but with some special features. Date : year 189 evidently of the Bhaumakara era on the 12th day of the dark half of the minth Phālguna (i.e. 1020 A.D.). Importance of this record : from it, it can be asserted that Narendradhavala belongs to the Nala family. The use of the bhaumakara era shows that the Nalas might once upon a time have been the feudatories of the imperial Bhaumakaras. ## Bibliography ### Primary [SIT] Subramonia Iyer, S. & Snigdha Tripathy. 1975–1976. “Orissa State Museum Plates of Narendradhavala Year 189.” EI 41, pp. 148–153. ### Secondary Tripathy, Snigdha. 2010. Descriptive topographical catalogue of Orissan inscriptions. New Delhi: Manohar. Item 34, pages 208–209. Acharya, Subrata Kumar. 2014. Copper-plate inscriptions of Odisha: a descriptive catalogue (circa fourth century to sixteenth century CE). New Delhi: D. K. Printworld. Item 2, pages 417–418.